E.H. Hedrick

Erland Harold Hedrick (9 August 1894-20 September 1954) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-WV 6) from 3 January 1945 to 3 January 1953, succeeding Joe L. Smith and preceding Robert Byrd.

Biography
Erland Harold Hedrick was born in Beckley, West Virginia in 1894, and he served as a US Army medical corps lieutenant during World War I. He served as a medical examiner for the Veteran Administration from 1919 to 1944, when he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat. He served from 1945 to 1953, when he mounted a failed gubernatorial bid; he retired from politics and died in 1954.